Reservoir gets its annual clean-up

THE CLEAN-UP ENSURES QUALITY DRINKING WATER.

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The City's Water and Sanitation Directorate completed its annual clean-up of the Newlands Reservoir, according to a statement.

This forms part of its annual proactive water-maintenance programme. Work started on Monday 5 and was completed on Friday 16 May.

The reservoir supplies water to Ottery, Strandfontein, Pelican Park, Lansdowne, Wetton, Lotus River, Retreat, Steenberg, Muizenberg, Grassy Park, Wynberg Reservoir, Bishopscourt, Hout Bay, Llandudno, Newlands, Claremont, Kenilworth, Groote Schuur, UCT, Rondebosch and Molteno Reservoir.

Among Cape Town's oldest reservoirs, it is situated within the Table Mountain Nature Reserve, at Newlands Forest.